Stokesley
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Stokesley is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies within the historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, on the River Leven. An electoral ward of the same name stretches south to Great Broughton and had a population at the 2021 Census of 6,180.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Stokesley
- UK place.static_image_name
- Stokesley High Street (geograph 5712241).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Stokesley Town Centre
- UK place.population
- 4,910
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Richmond and Northallerton
- UK place.post_town
- MIDDLESBROUGH
- UK place.postcode_district
- TS9
- UK place.postcode_area
- TS
- UK place.dial_code
- 01642
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NZ524087
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 4725
- Area
- 735.08
- Image
- High Street, Stokesley - geograph.org.uk - 277694.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01642
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- Commons category
- Stokesley
- OS grid reference
- NZ524087
- postal code
- TS9
- P8168
- Charles de Tolnay
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- History
- Economy
- Agriculture
- Stokesley Show
- Religion
- The Anglican church of St Peter and St Paul
- St Joseph's Catholic Church
- Stokesley Methodist Church
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- Transport
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- Education
- Notable people
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Stokesley is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies within the historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, on the River Leven. An electoral ward of the same name stretches south to Great Broughton and had a population at the 2021 Census of 6,180.
Stokesley is about two miles south of the Middlesbrough borough boundary and eight miles south of Middlesbrough town centre. Stokesley is between Middlesbrough, Guisborough, and Northallerton, in a farming area. Local attractions nearby include Great Ayton, Captain Cook's monument, and Roseberry Topping in the North York Moors National Park. From 1894 to 1974, the town was one of the North Riding of Yorkshire's rural district head towns.
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